This Week at the Orchard
The regular season is over for 2011.
Labor Day Weekend Opening!
The Orchard will open for the 2011 Season on Saturday, September 3 at 10:00 am. This weekend will be a great way to ease into fall and we invite you to make the orchard a part of your family’s Labor Day Weekend tradition! Saturday, Sunday and Monday morning’s we will have fresh baked apple scones ...
A Family Tradition!
We love that coming to the orchard is a part of many families fall traditions! Our focus is to provide a family friendly atmosphere and high quality apple and bakery products and, hopefully, a wonderful experience for you! We are planning for another great fall! Hayrides, music at the orchard, brat feeds, pumpkins, caramel apples ...
Fall Orchard Season Around the Corner
We are ticking off our to-do lists and getting ready for the 2011 Fall Apple Orchard Season! We will open Labor Day Weekend — September 3, 4 & 5th. Hours 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. This fall at the orchard you will find amazing, tree-ripened apples, bakery products made with real fruit, unique varieties of ...
2011 Strawberry Season Over
The 2011 Strawberry Season is over for the year. Check out the story from WCCO Channel 4 for a great understanding of issues affecting folks like us this year. Also note the mention by anchor Frank Vascellaro that he and his family picked at Pleasant Valley Orchard this year! Pretty cool!
Strawberry Picking Continues
The Fourth of July may have come and gone, but the berries just keep coming! Picking is great! We plan to open every morning at 8:00 am and be open throughout the afternoon (weather permitting). We invite you to call ahead to double check picking times @ 651-257-9159. Due to popular demand, the Appleshed will ...
Picking Strawberries and the 4th of July!
The strawberry patch is bursting with sweet, juicy berries just waiting for you! What a better way to spend a beautiful summer day? Picking generally begins daily at 8:00 am and runs through mid-afternoon. Hours will get extended as more fruit ripens (come on, sunshine!). We will be open for picking the Fourth of July ...
Strawberry Patch is open for picking
We are now open for the season! We got off to a cool, damp start, but are looking forward to sunny, warm days ahead. There is a beautiful, full crop of berries and picking should be good throughout the season. Picking generally begins daily at 8:00 am and runs through the early afternoon. As we ...
Strawberry Picking Tips
Now that strawberry picking season is just around the corner (and should last through the first two weeks of July), here’s some picking and storing tips! Always pick the berries with the stem on. Pick all the red ripe fruit, both large and small — look under the leaves, they like to hide! Leave bad ...
Strawberry Update
Strawberries are looking great this year. Due to the cool spring they will ripening about 2 weeks later. Pick-Your-Own-Strawberry season (PYO) will start around the last week of June and go into the first 2 weeks of July.
